Psalms 73:12 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Behold, these are the ungodly, who prosper in the world; they increase in riches. ”

Psalms 73:12 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Behold, these are the ungodly, who prosper in the world - This is also to be understood as the language of the good man perplexed and embarrassed by the fact that the wicked are prosperous and ha...
Psalms 73:12 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

BOOK III. PSS. LXXIII.- LXXXIX. LXXIII. The Hope of Immortality. Here the Psalter reaches its highest elevation. Job, in Job 19:25 f.*, believes that God will vindicate his innocence even after...
Psalms 73:12 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Behold. Figure of speech Asterismos. App-6. ungodly . lawless. Hebrew. rasha . (No Art.) the world . this age.
Psalms 73:12 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

12. Behold! these are the ungodly. The Psalmist here shows, as it were by a vivid pictorial representation, the character of that envy which had well nigh overthrown him. Behold! says he,...
Psalms 73:12 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Behold, these are the ungodly, who prosper in the world; they increase in riches. These are the ungodly - The people still speak. It is the ungodly that prosper, the irreligious and profane.
Psalms 73:12 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Behold, these are the ungodly, who prosper in the world; they increase in riches. -The mental conflict which resulted in the Psalmist's mind from the anomalous prosperity of sinners. Verse 12...
Psalms 73:12 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Book 3 There are two groups of Pss. in this book, Psalms 73-83 being Psalms of Asaph, and Psalms 84-88 (except 86) Psalms of the Sons of Korah. The likeness of the title of Psalms 89 to that of...
Psalms 73:12 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

(11-14) The mutual relation of these verses has been the subject of many conflicting opinions. The following is the arrangement that seems preferable — “And people say, How shall God know? And does...
Psalms 73:12 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Psalms 73:1-28 THE perennial problem of reconciling God's moral government with observed facts is grappled with in this psalm, as in Psalms 37:1-40 ; Psalms 49:1-20 . It tells how the prosperity...
Psalms 73:12 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Deceptive Prosperity Psalms 73:1-15 The opening psalms of this third Book of Psalms are by Asaph; see 2 Chronicles 29:30 . The r.v. margin substitutes only for surely in Psalms 73:1 . The...
Psalms 73:12 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

The marginal reading, "Only good is God to Israel," indicates the real value of the song. Israel has no other good, and needs no other. Yet it is not always easy to realize this, and the psalmist tel...
Psalms 73:12 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

He here draws the outlines of the prosperity of the wicked: they have all carnal enjoyments, the good things brought forth by the sun, and the precious things put forth by the moon: they have plenty...
Psalms 73:12 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Behold, these are the ungodly ,.... Who say and do as before declared; such as these must be without the knowledge of God, the fear, love, and worship of him: who prosper in the world; in worldly an...
Psalms 73:12 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Behold, these [are] the ungodly, who prosper in the world; they increase [in] riches. Ver. 12. Behold, these are the ungodly ] q.d. If God do take knowledge of things here below, and ordereth...
Psalms 73:12 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Behold, these are the ungodly who prosper in the world This is their condition and behaviour in it. “The temptation is now stated in its full force. As if he had said, These worthless, ungodly, bla...
Psalms 73:12 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

God's Goodness to His People; Unsanctified Prosperity. A psalm of Asaph. 1 Truly God is good to Israel, even to...
Psalms 73:12 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

These are the ungodly; this is their condition and carriage in it. These seem to be the words of the psalmist, summing up the matter, and preparing his passage to the other part of the Psalm.
Psalms 73:12 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

INTRODUCTION Superscription.—“A Psalm of Asaph,” or, as in the margin, “ for Asaph .” See introduction to Psalms 50 . Subject .—The mental difficulties arising from the contemplation of the tem...
Psalms 73:12 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Psalms 73 First, there is in this Psalm a description of the prosperity of the wicked, and of that hauteur and pride which they in their prosperity manifested, then of the afflictions of the godly...
Psalms 73:12 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

You may have noticed that the 73 rd Psalm and the 37 th Psalm are on the same subject; it will help you to recall this fact if you remember that the figures are the same, only reversed. Psalms 73:1...
Psalms 73:12 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The third book of Hebrew psalms begins here. It opens with a psalm of Asaph, the noble singer and musician of the temple. 1 Chronicles 6:39 ; 1 Chronicles 25:1 . Eleven other psalms bear his name....
Psalms 73:12 - The Biblical Illustrator

Truly God is good to Israel, even to such as are of a clean heart. The trouble of Asaph In human biographies men are wont to cover up their heroes’ imperfections. They see no reason why they sh...
Psalms 73:12 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION THIS is the first of the "Psalms of Asaph," whereof the present book contains eleven. They are characterized by a preponderating use of the name "Elohim" over that of" Jehovah," by...
Psalms 73:12 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Comfort and Warning Concerning the Offense Given by the Good Fortune of the Godless. A psalm of Asaph, one of the choirmasters of David, 1 Chronicles 6:39 ; 1 Chronicles 25:2 . A Reflection u...
Psalms 73:12 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Hosea 12:7 ; Hosea 12:8 ; James 5:1-3 ; Jeremiah 12:1 ; Jeremiah 12:2 ; Jeremiah 5:17 ; Jeremiah 5:28 ; Luke 16:19 ; Psalms 17:14 ; Psalms 37:35 ; Psalms 52:7 ; Psalms 62:10 ; Psalms 73:...
Psalms 73:12 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Behold — These seem to be the words of the psalmist, summing up the matter.

Psalms 73:12 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Psalms 73:12 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 73:12 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Psalms 73:12 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 73:12 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Psalms 73:12 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Psalms 73:12 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 73:12 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Psalms 73:12 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Psalms 73:12 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Psalms 73:12 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Psalms 73:12 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Psalms 73:12 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Psalms 73:12 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Psalms 73:12 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 73:12 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Psalms 73:12 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Psalms 73:12 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Psalms 73:12 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Psalms 73:12 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Psalms 73:12 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 73:12 - The Biblical Illustrator

Psalms 73:12 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Psalms 73:12 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Psalms 73:12 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Psalms 73:12 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes